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motorvate

motorvate verb: to drive a motor vehicle.

Verb

motorvate (third-person singular simple present motorvates, present participle motorvating, simple past and past participle motorvated)

  1. (informal, rare) To drive a motor vehicle.
    • As I was motorvatin(g) over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville.1955, Chuck Berry, Maybellene
    • […] 'motorvating' down the New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours.2001, Fred Rothwell, Long Distance Information: Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy, page 27

Forms of motorvate

third-person singular presentmotorvates
present participlemotorvating
past participlemotorvated
pastmotorvated

Questions about motorvate

What does motorvate mean?
Motorvate means to drive a motor vehicle.
What part of speech is motorvate?
Motorvate is a verb.
What is the past tense of motorvate?
The past tense of motorvate is motorvated.

Words near motorvate in the dictionary

  1. motorsportsmen
  2. motortaxi
  3. motortaxis
  4. motortruck
  5. motortrucks
  6. motorvate
  7. motorvated
  8. motorvates
  9. motorvating
  10. motorway
  11. motorways

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